Investigating the role of identity and gender in technology mediated learning

Behaviour and Information Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 305-319

  Hwang, Yujong ^a  

^a DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enjoyment; Gender; Identity; Knowledge sharing; Technology mediated learning

Indexed keywords

CLASSROOM TEACHING; EMPIRICAL TEST; GROUP MEMBERS; HIGH QUALITY; INTEGRATED MODELS; INTRINSIC MOTIVATION; KNOWLEDGE SHARING TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; MODERATING EFFECT; ON-LINE EDUCATION; PERCEIVED ENJOYMENT; PILOT TESTS; SHARE KNOWLEDGE; SHARING KNOWLEDGE; SOCIAL FACTOR; SOCIAL IDENTITY; SOCIAL IDENTITY THEORIES; SOCIAL INFLUENCE THEORY; SYSTEM ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY-MEDIATED LEARNING;

LINGUISTICS; TEACHING; TECHNOLOGY;

COMPUTER CRIME;

EID: 77951996747     PISSN: 0144929X     EISSN: 13623001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01449290902915754     Document Type: Article

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